A man at the butcher's shop

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Az-Zubayr ibn Al-'Awwaam (radiyAllahu anh) owned the only butcher shop in Madeenah. Umar (radiyAllahu anh) would go there, and if he would see a man buying meat two days in a row, he would hit him with his stick and say,

"(At least for a short while) should you not make your stomach remain hungry for the sake of your neighbour and your cousin (i.e., so that they do not come here only to find that the shop is out of meat)."

(Ad-Daur Siyaasee lis-Safwah, pg. 231)
 
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